ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4424-8345 ResearcherID: B-2368-2010 Scopus Author ID: 55611634700 ISNI: 000000002158267X PART 1 - Introduction to Impact of academic publication Hands-on practice (Special task) PART 2 - What do editors look for? Criteria for high quality journal manuscript. PART 3 - Manuscript Content PART 4 - How to handle reviewers /editors comments? PART 5 - Using checklist to improve manuscript PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO IMPACT OF ACADEMIC PUBLICATION RESEARCH PRIORITY AREAS 2016 -2020 Additional Proposed RMK 11 Research Priority Areas • Malaysia 2050 (Strategic Research) Grants made • Nationhood, B40 and Societal Wellbeing (Values-based) available to Public and • Tropical Disease Private • Islamic Finance Universities National Priority Area (NPA) Research Clusters Transportation & Urbanization Environment & Climate Change Healthcare & Medicine Bio Diversity Water Security Food Security Science Science Heritage Energy Security Engineering Information & Technology & Technology Social Science Communication Clinical & Health Plantation Crops Applied Pure and Arts & Applied Arts Applied Arts & Cyber Security Natural and Cultural * Applicable for LRGS, FRGS, TRGS, PRGS, ACE-GS WEBOMETRICS WORLD RANKING Webometrics.info Why we need to publish? Enhanced author prestige Personal Get Get Promoted? postgraduate satisfaction students? Get comments Get Disseminate from reviewers Knowledge funding / editors However, , and the Value of unpublished work Possibly, person/persons who did the work Nobody Other researchers Funding agency / University Your paper is if no one reads, uses, or cites it Where to publish? Scopus index www.scimagojr.com ISI (Web of Knowledge) Journal citation reports Publish or Perish Greater visibility of research findings Increase chances of citations More recognition among peers Benefits such as promotions, productivity allowances (Cendekia Bitara), etc Renewable and Sustainable Web of Science (WOS) Energy Reviews Journal Citation Reports (Impact factor) h-index Scopus CiteScore (Impact factor) SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) SJR (www.scimagojr.com) h-index Energy Policy Google Scholar h-index g-Index Total citations i10-index ISIHighlyCited.com Why publish if nobody cites your work? Government research assessments and academic promotions increasingly focus on citation impact Why would you want to know if your work is cited? To prepare for confirmation / promotion / yearly performance appraisal (KPI) To know who is building on your work They might be future collaborators It is exciting to see how others are using your research, You might get new ideas through it „To get an personality boost, to know someone has (apparently) read your work For Checking SCOPUS index Journal http://www.scimagojr.com/ For Checking WOS /ISI index journal http://ezproxy.ump.edu.my/ www.scimagojr.com www.ezproxy.ump.edu.my www.ezproxy.ump.edu.my www.ezproxy.ump.edu.my The H-index is the highest number of papers a scientist has that have at least that number of citations. [Ref. Nature (2005)] Meaningful when . Researchers in one field may have in another (e.g. Life Sciences vs. Physics). The g-index Given a set of articles ranked in decreasing order of the number of citations that they received, The g-index is the (unique) largest number such that the top g articles received (together) at least g2 citations Accounts for the performance of author's top articles This index is very similar to the h- index, and attempts to address its shortcomings. It aims to improve on the h-index by giving more weight to highly-cited articles. It could be used for an specific Author: Evaluate the Research Performance of Author Evaluate the Impact of the group of special papers A value for h-index of about 10-12 might be a useful guideline for tenure decisions at major research universities. A value of about 18 could mean a full professorship, 15–20 could mean a fellowship in the American Physical Society, and 45 or higher could mean membership in the United States National Academy of Sciences Use A Unique Name Consistently Use a standardized institutional affiliation and address Repeat key phrases in the abstract while writing naturally. Assign keyword terms to the manuscript Make a unique phrase that reflects author's research interest and use it throughout academic life. Conferences, attend & talk to people volunteer for session chair, committee member Publish in journal with high impact factor Email, ask for papers and send yours in return Don’t be shy to send your papers, most academics appreciate it Collaborate It often leads to better quality research Co-authored papers are cited more Keep your professional web pages and published lists up to date (Google scholar, Scopus, ORCID, ResearcherID, ResearchGate and others) Open Access increases citation rate Deposit paper in Open Access repository Upload UMPIR Publish with international authors Publish a longer paper Publish papers with renown researchers/ a Nobel laureates Start blogging Join academic social networking sites Academica Citeulike ResearchGate Linkedin Write a review paper Avoid to select a question type of title Publish across disciplines Present a working paper Publicize yourself - link your latest published article to your email signature/ Facebook / others social media Publish your work in a journal with the highest number of abstracting and indexing Make an online CV ORCID ResearcherID ISNI ID Hands-on task www.orcid.org www.researcherid.com www.researchgate.com https://scholar.google.com www.scopus.com www.isni.org What Does Reviewers Check? Concise summary of the work Clear objectives or not Language Flow of materials Appropriate number of figures and tables References/ figures/tables are cite properly or not (mismatch?) Introduction too lengthy / no objectives What Does Reviewers Check? Clarity of expressions throughout the manuscript Readability, Organization, Conciseness and Theoretical/technical quality of the manuscript Latest related work and comparing with others work Clear photograph/ quality of graph Interest for international readers Within scope of the journal or not Generate new knowledge Technically sound or not What Does An Editor Check? Scope of the work Originality / Novelty of the work Citation of the journal papers Content similarity Clarity of writing: Readability, organization, conciseness and theoretical/technical quality of the manuscript Format Submission requirements Language Copyright What editors don’t like? Unclear objectives; too many, over- ambitious, un-focused Incomplete/overdone literature review; not critically evaluated Conclusions that do not arise from the discussion No data, no research, failure to address objectives Excessive assumption; failing to follow the evidence Confusing correlation with causation Unsuitable length; should be 5-8k words No story; uninteresting, boring Trivial, irrelevant, no problem, done before Poorly constructed, weakly argued Ethical concerns; previously published, submitted elsewhere Why papers are rejected? Rejection Rejection for rejection Rejection before review to the Paper to in the discipline Paper does The paper is Paper has for presentation Rejection after review Paper describes a The research The The paper has The data have been The The paper Problems with writing/ presentation The paper is The The paper is The paper has been (editor may view that if , he/she must be ) Other reasons The may not be The paper of (especially for high impact journals) The journal may have on the subject (editor/reviewers ) PART 3 Manuscript Content It is not (only) the Impact Factor, it is (mainly) the right audience! Consult the Journal homepage to learn: – Aims and scope – Accepted types of articles – Readership – Current hot topics • go through the abstracts of recent publications • TIP: Articles in your references will likely lead you to the right journal. DO NOT gamble by submitting your manuscript to more than one journal at a time. 19 Apply the to your manuscript, even to the (text layout, paper citation, nomenclature, figures and table, etc.). It will , and the editor’s. All editors hate wasting time on poorly prepared manuscripts. 44 American Journal Experts (www.journalexperts.com) Proofreading service (http://www.proof-reading-service.com/) Asia Science Editing (www.asiascienceediting.com) Diacritech Language Editing Services (www.languageedit.com) Edanz Editing (www.edanzediting.nl) International Science Editing (www.internationalscienceediting.com) ScienceDocs Editing Services (www.sciencedocs.com) SPI Publisher Services (www.prof-editing.com) 45 Save your editor and reviewers the trouble of guessing what you mean Complaint from an editor: “[This] paper fell well below my threshold. I refuse to spend time trying to understand what the author is trying to say. Besides, I really want to send a message that they can't submit garbage to us and expect us to fix it. My rule of thumb is that if there are more than 6 grammatical errors in the abstract, then I don't waste my time carefully reading the rest.” Challenges in Language Very long or too short sentence Grammar and spelling Clarity Incorrect vocabulary Solution to overcome language problems Proof reading service Friend with good IELTS/English spoken Collaboration with potential authors Don’t write too much and unnecessary stuffs. Write less but with key points/contents Chop-up long, complicated sentences Make shorter sentences out of the points. Use WhiteSmoke/ Grammarly.com to check initially grammar and spelling Before submitting…